Canadian Jews Slam T-Shirts Comparing Coronavirus Vaccines To Holocaust
VANCOUVER (JNS)- The Jewish community in Canada is outraged over a T-shirt created by a Vancouver woman that attempts to compare vaccinations against COVID-19 to the Holocaust, Can...
Toronto Vaccinates Police Officers Before Those 80 Or Above
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest city has started vaccinating police officers ahead of people 80 years of age and older.
A Toronto police spokesperson said Monday police constabl...
Israeli Supreme Court Recognizes Reform, Conservative Converts As Jews Regarding Law Of Return
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a landmark ruling, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled Monday that conversion performed by the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel will be recognized b...
Report: US Wasted Billions On Cars, Buildings In Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report relea...
Report: Obama Offered Syria Israeli Withdrawal From Golan Heights
WASHINGTON (JNS) - Just a few months before the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, the Obama administration offered the Assad regime an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heigh...
France’s Sarkozy Convicted Of Corruption, Sentenced To Jail
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-yea...
Regulator: China Not Ready To Let Boeing 737 Max Fly Again
BEIJING (AP) — China isn’t ready to join the United States in approving Boeing’s 737 Max to return to flying following a two-year grounding prompted by a pair of fatal crashes, a r...
Watch: Grandmother Chases After Thief, Knocks Him Down And Retrieves Handbag
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A grandmother from Gold Coast, Australia ran after a thief who tried to snatch her handbag and successfully fought him off and retrieved her handbag.
In dra...
Thousands Of Chareidi Families Trudge To Jerusalem By Foot After Govt. Closes Entrance Roads
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a crude attempt to prevent the large gatherings of chasidim on Purim in Jerusalem which this year took place on Sunday, the Israeli government closed the r...
On A Jewish Tour Of Northern Ontario, Small Spaces Convey Decades Of History
TORONTO (JTA) - I was definitely lost, of that I was sure. I had turned off the main highway — if you could call a two-lane road a highway — and onto a dirt road, and after 10 minu...
Watch: Purim Tishes In Jerusalem, Megilla Reading At Rachel’s Tomb
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — For the first time in a year, many chasidic groups conducted a Tish (table gathering) honoring Purim. The tishes took place in Jerusalem Sunday, which was th...
Syria Reports Israeli Missile Attack Near Capital, Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian air defenses were activated in the capital Damascus and its southern suburbs Sunday night to repel an Israeli missile attack, state media reported. Th...
Boeing 777 Makes Emergency Landing In Moscow: Reports
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media reported that a Boeing 777 plane made an emergency landing in Moscow in the early hours of Friday after the pilot reported a problem with the engine.
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Ties With Saudis At Stake As US Releases Findings On Killing
SAUDI ARABIA (AP) — The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia's crown prince played in the brutal killing and carving up of a U.S.-b...
Digging Documented Near Privately Owned Mass Grave Of Jews In Lithuania
VILNIUS (JTA) - Construction was documented near a mass grave of Jewish Lithuanian Holocaust victims on privately owned land that the government had promised to reclaim.
Ruta Va...
80 Israelis Stranded In Frankfurt Airport After Lufthansa Rescue Flight Leaves Without Them
FRANKFURT (VINnews) — 80 Israelis were stranded in Frankfurt airport Tuesday evening after a rescue flight which was due to bring them back to Israel left with only half of the 160...
Watch: As Italian Cliff Collapses, Entire Section Of Cemetery Falls Into The Sea
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A cliff on the shore near Genoa, Italy collapsed into the sea Monday due to erosion and hundreds of coffins from a 100-year-old cemetery situated on the cliff ...
Opinion: ‘The Washington Post’ Wants To Pick Israel’s Leader
WASHINGTON (JNS/ Sean Durns) - The Washington Post’s editorial board has a fixation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Post’s board has devoted considerable column...
Student At Dickinson College Under Investigation After Video Surfaces Glorifying The Holocaust
PENNSYLVANIA (JNS) A student from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., is facing an investigation by the school over anti-Semitic comments after he was filmed listing reasons why t...
Genesis Prize Foundation To Honor Life And Legacy Of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
LONDON (JNS) - The Genesis Prize Foundation announced plans to honor the late prominent scholar, theologian, philosopher and former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Lord Jonathan ...